Railway sleeper and chair.



No. 685,553. Patented Oct. 29', l90l.

A. ANDERSON.

RAILWAY SLEEPER AND CHAIR.

(Application filed Aug. 22, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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Mrs STATES ATENT FFICE ALEXANDER ANDERSON, OF ROSOOE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY SLEEPER AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 685,553, dated October 29, 1901.

Application filed August 22, 1901. Serial No. 72,964. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roscoe, in the county of Washington, State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Railway Sleepers and Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. p

This invention relates to sleepers and chairs for railway-rails; and it has for its object to provide a construction that may be made of metal and to and from which the rail may be easily and quickly connected and disconnected, a further object of the invention being to provide a construction that will hold the rail most securely.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description and include means for wedging the rail in place.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is a top plan view showing portions of two rails of a railway-track mutually connected by means of a sleeper and chair embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the rails and show ing the sleeper and chairs in elevation.

Referring now to the drawings, there are shown two track-rails 5 and 6 disposed upon a sleeper embodying the present invention. This sleeper consists of a lower plate 7, having the stops 8 and 9 at the ends thereof and upon its upper face, and which stops may be formed by casting integral with the plate, if the latter be of cast metal, or by bending the ends of the plate upon itself, if the plate be of wrought metal, The inner side faces of the stops are diagonal to the plate 7, and they converge. Upon the upper face of the plate 7 and midway of the ends thereof is disposed a plate 10, the ends of which are bent upwardly and outwardly in arcuate form, the straight lines of the inner face thereof lying at angles to the plate 7 somewhat less than ninety degrees, these concaved faces being adapted to receive wooden wedges 11 between them and the rails that are to be held to the sleeper, the wedges being driven in direct contact with the rails. Against the outer flanges of the rails are engaged the plates 13, including each a horizontal portion which is bolted to the plate 7, with the rear end thereof against the diagonal face of the adjacent stop, the inner end of the plate being bent upwardly to lie against the face of the web of the rail, while the outer angle of the bend is cut away to receive the flange of the rail.

In practice the rails are first laid upon the sleepers. The plates 13 are then bolted into place over the outer flanges of the rails, and finally the wedges are driven into place to wedge the rails tightly against the plates, spikes 14 being then driven into the wedge to prevent accidental displacement thereof, the stops at the ends of the plate 7 preventing the plates 13 from slipping, it being understood that these plates are spaced apart, so as to give an absolute gage to the track. By forming the contacting'faces of the stops and plates 13 diagonally of the plate 7 the proper spacing of the inner faces of the plates maybe secured my moving them laterally while maintaining intimate contact thereof I with the stops.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable proportions may be observed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A combined sleeper and chair comprising a plate having stops at the ends of its upper face, a plate disposed centrally of the upper face of the plate and having upwardly and outwardly directed arcuate faces for engagement over the flanges of rails, clamping-plates disposed upon the first named plate and against the stops and having upwardly-bent portions for engagement against the webs of the rails, means for holding the clampingplates in operative positions, and wedges for engagement between the arcuate ends of the second plate and the adjacent faces of the webs of the rails.

2. Acombined sleeperandchair comprising a base-plate having stops at the ends of its upper face, the adjacent or inner side faces of the stops being diagonal to the plate, clamping-plates adjustably mounted upon the baseplate for lateral movement and constructed for engagement over the flanges of the rails, a central plate upon the base-plate having arcuate upward-turned ends, and Wedges for engagement between said upward turned ends and the webs of rails to force them against the clamping-plates. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON. \Vitnesses:

ANNA L. DRUM, ROBERT PARKINS. 

